TICtalks on Main – Matt Aronson

Matt Aronson is a sociologist and professor who directs Western Colorado University’s newest graduate program, the Master of Behavioral Science (MBS) in Rural Community Health. One of his habits is noting how communities pursue durable social changes, especially structural ones meant to boost people’s mental and physical well-being. Part of his perspective in community conversations is to emphasize the links between economic policy (e.g., housing and income supports) and human health. Matt also has an interest in social contradictions, including the one about how our human need for individual-level stability coexists with our habit of creating institutions that destabilize people’s lives.